Explore Footwork through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like maneuver or manoeuvre. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Footwork in a sentence
Footwork meaning
- Any movement of the feet, especially intricate or complex movement, as in sports or dancing.
- A subgenre of juke/ghetto house and style of street dance that originated in Chicago in the early 1990s.
Using Footwork
- The main meaning on this page is: Any movement of the feet, especially intricate or complex movement, as in sports or dancing. | A subgenre of juke/ghetto house and style of street dance that originated in Chicago in the early 1990s.
- Useful related words include: maneuver, manoeuvre, play, tactical maneuver.
- In the example corpus, footwork often appears in combinations such as: footwork and, his footwork, and footwork.
Context around Footwork
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Footwork
- In this selection, "footwork" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fancy, good, impeccable, battle, skills and isn stand out and add context to how "footwork" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a footwork battle during and and his footwork sat the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "footwork" sits close to words such as actionable, adopts and airwaves, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with footwork
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But Moore's footwork isn't his only strength. (9 words)
A footwork battle during the Red Bull BC One National Final. (11 words)
Anthony Watson puts on some footwork but has his dance abruptly cut short. (13 words)
Levis, who usurped Malik Willis as QB2 before becoming Tennessee’s starter, has shown he has potential, but he needs to get better at protecting the ball by trusting his footwork to avoid being sacked and extending plays like he did in college. (43 words)
Gibson-Park swept the ball to Hansen at first receiver and his footwork sat the Scottish defence down before he swung a peach of a pass from left to right for Conan to dot down. (35 words)
He also overthrew Parker deep, had an RPO pass to Bourne knocked down at the line and completed a wide receiver screen to Douglas, who used some nifty footwork to avoid a tackle for loss. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
A footwork battle during the Red Bull BC One National Final.
Amber Love added the extras to give Oban a 7-3 lead at half-time and their next score came from some fancy footwork by replacement Lucy Stewart, who scored under the posts.
Anthony Watson puts on some footwork but has his dance abruptly cut short.
As previously stated, the guy has impeccable footwork along with good bend allowing him to get out on the edge and free up the sideline for the ball carrier.
Brenden Aaronson, despite his footwork skills and energy, was knocked off the ball far too easily as Leeds could not get going.
But Moore's footwork isn't his only strength.
Fancy footwork from Smith led to a pass to Keisha Sampson who got to the ball at the same time as a Saanich defender and the keeper.
Gibson-Park swept the ball to Hansen at first receiver and his footwork sat the Scottish defence down before he swung a peach of a pass from left to right for Conan to dot down.
He also overthrew Parker deep, had an RPO pass to Bourne knocked down at the line and completed a wide receiver screen to Douglas, who used some nifty footwork to avoid a tackle for loss.
He can work on his ball handling, his defense, his footwork, his aggressiveness and he can become an even more formidable player.
He has good footwork and speed, which will make life difficult for the linebackers and defensive backs trying to cover him and should result in additional yards after the catch or contact.
Heyman got on the end of a brutal back pass from Cannon Clough two minutes later, poking the ball past Worth before Maher tucked home a penalty three minutes later won by Hughes’ clever footwork.
Jenn then did technical footwork exercises followed by an exercise where she went from kneeling to a squat while holding a weight.
Jim Jez, an insurance consultant in Plano, Texas, calls his former Ferrum teammate “a football genius” who made up for his relative lack of size as an offensive tackle with excellent technique and footwork.
Levis, who usurped Malik Willis as QB2 before becoming Tennessee’s starter, has shown he has potential, but he needs to get better at protecting the ball by trusting his footwork to avoid being sacked and extending plays like he did in college.
Rodgers has pushed the limits and stayed mobile during his recovery, consistently throwing passes and testing his footwork during the Jets’ pregame routines in recent weeks.
Shortly after Klaasen's innings, Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter to acknowledge Klaasen, writing: "Klaasen's footwork has been simple and uncomplicated, one of the best I've seen in the recent past.
The good footwork sees her reach the shuttle on time, from where she doesn’t make errors and has enough in her armour to attack.
The home scrum-half opened the door for the Saints’ second try, bamboozling du Toit with his footwork before offloading for Coles to score.
The Midwest region has a rich dance history and has made immeasurable contributions to street dance, from Chicago footwork to Detroit jit.
Common combinations with footwork
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- footwork and 27×
- his footwork 19×
- and footwork 14×
- footwork to 12×
- fancy footwork 10×
- the footwork 7×
- good footwork 4×
- footwork with 4×
- footwork on 4×
- footwork by 3×